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1. Motor unit twitches were examined in cat flexor digitorum longus (fast twitch) and soleus (slow twitch) muscles. The time course of the effects of a standard tetanus on the peak twitch tension was plotted and the maximal potentiation or depression (the post-tetanic ratio) was measured.

2. The post-tetanic ratio decreased continuously as the twitch time to peak of motor units increased; motor units from flexor digitorum longus and soleus could be described as a single population. The closest approximation to a linear relationship was found by plotting post-tetanic ratio against the reciprocal of time to peak.

3. The post-tetanic ratio was also related to the ratio of tetanic to twitch tension. The time of maximum potentiation or depression occurred between 1 and 11 sec, but this variable was unrelated to the time to peak or any other characteristic of the motor unit.

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